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New York Times columnist Mark Landler says Trump rallies are becoming “rituals” and “normalizing authoritarian language and violence.”

During an appearance on “Face the Nation,” Landler harshly criticized the President’s ‘divisive’ language – particularly his attacks against the mainstream media:

“I think that the problem that we’re running into is that his repeated and methodical use of the phrase “enemy of the people,” and he did it as recently as this morning when he also suggested that people in the media cause wars to happen, is that that phrase is particularly loaded,” Landers said.

“The phrase “fake news,” which he also uses, is corrosive to the credibility of the media over time. It’s — it’s unfair. He shouldn’t use it. But the phrase “enemy of the people” is, I think, a whole different order of magnitude. This is a phrase that has a long, historic providence. It goes back to the French Revolution. It goes back to Stalin, to Mao, to Lenin. People in those totalitarian societies used the phrase “enemy of the people” to suggest that one group in society was subhuman. And by doing so it opened the door to all kinds of violence being carried out against them.”

WIBC host Tony Katz digs into Lander’s comments in today’s Popcorn Moment. Click below to check it out: